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Chapter 610 - 368: First Expedition to Europe! (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 610: Chapter 368: First Expedition to Europe! (Seeking Subscription)_1

"Not making an animated film anymore? But an animated short series?"

Xu Jiuge was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Because Xu Jiuge thought the new project Principal Ding was talking about referred to making another animated film.

Yet, Principal Ding said they wouldn’t be making an animated film, but instead an animated short series?

Could it be seen as an animated series?

Under normal circumstances, studios or companies that have made successful animated films would not venture into animated series.

Because the investment for animated series is typically less than that of animated films, and the resulting quality and feel can’t compare to animated films.

"Exactly."

Ding Yue smiled and nodded, glancing at the surprised Xu Jiuge. "I have a friend who has been writing some short stories lately, and I think these stories can perhaps be adapted into a series of animated shorts."

There it is, Ding Yue’s friend may be late, but he never misses.

"Oh, so Principal Ding has already found the material."

Xu Jiuge understood a bit better after hearing Principal Ding’s words.

As long as they have the material and the stories are good, the animation works produced by Feiyue Animation Studio will end up being exceptional.

Xu Jiuge’s initial surprise came from Principal Ding just stating that they wouldn’t be doing an animated movie but an animated series instead; this decision seemed somewhat rash.

But now it seemed that Principal Ding had been plotting this all along.

"Tomorrow, I’m off to Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in the ACM International College Student Programming Competition. Later, I’ll get some basic character information from my friend to give to you. During my time in Europe, you can work on initial settings based on the information. I hope to see excellent results from you when I return."

Ding Yue calmly told Xu Jiuge.

"Alright, Principal Ding, don’t worry, let me wish you well in advance and hope you bring back a big prize."

Xu Jiuge nodded and smiled.

Ding Yue decided not to tell Xu Jiuge what kind of story collection his friend was working on just yet. After getting back, he would set the tone for this matter and finalize the project.

After all, in 2022, the Feiyue Animation Studio would rely on this project to maintain its leading position.

For Mist City Arts and Science University’s entire animation major, this project was quite important.

"May your words bring good fortune."

Ding Yue smiled slightly, stood up, and prepared to leave. "Keep an eye on your email. I’ll send you some material."

After saying that, Ding Yue left the Feiyue Animation Studio.

Only Ding Yue was in the Principal’s office that afternoon, as Wen Ruohan wasn’t there as she had an important class to attend.

Even though Wen Ruohan had already landed a job as Principal Ding’s personal secretary, she still needed to complete her studies in secretarial science. Therefore, she had to attend some classes, or else she might not earn enough credits.

At Mist City Arts and Science University, if you don’t earn enough credits, you cannot graduate.

"Big White."

Ding Yue awakened Big White, who was charging.

"Principal, I’m here," Big White replied.

Ding Yue had Big White scan and enter the conspectuses for the eighteen stories he had prepared.

Subsequently, using the method Big White had used to create "Wandering Earth" last time, Ding Yue turned these eighteen story outlines into eighteen independent stories.

However!

After seeing the first draft, Ding Yue found that the eighteen stories Big White had created didn’t quite match his memory.

As a result, Ding Yue revised the story outlines and had Big White recreate the eighteen individual stories.

In the second draft, eight of the stories were approximately what Ding Yue had expected. They could be given to Xu Jiuge and his team as material for the animated shorts.

As for the other ten, Ding Yue was still not satisfied.

Therefore, he asked Big White to generate the third draft.

After the third draft was completed, Ding Yue felt something was still missing. But after picking through them, he selected three stories that felt satisfactory.

That left seven more to work on.

In this way, Ding Yue spent about an hour, and finally had Big White create all eighteen stories.

And all of them were to Ding Yue’s satisfaction.

Following this, Ding Yue sorted out some player data from the eighteen stories and gave them to Xu Jiuge so that they could attempt to draw and create character models. After he returned from the ACM competition in Zurich, Switzerland, he would see how Xu Jiuge and his team did.

If they did well, then Ding Yue could give all eighteen stories to Feiyue Animation Studio and begin this new animation project.

If their work wasn’t satisfactory, Xu Jiuge and his team could make some adjustments.

However, Ding Yue was confident that as long as he organized the character information thoroughly, Xu Jiuge and his team would not disappoint him with the character models they created.

At five in the afternoon.

Ding Yue emailed the organized character information to Xu Jiuge.

Upon receiving the email from Principal Ding, Xu Jiuge immediately called his teammates over and began to pore over the material sent by Principal Ding.

With this task completed, Ding Yue could now peacefully prepare to depart for Europe tomorrow.

Knock Knock Knock!

At that moment, someone knocked on the door of Ding Yue’s office.

At that moment, Wen Ruohan was not there, and nobody was there to open the door, so Ding Yue had to get up and go towards the door. His colleague asked him, "Who is it?"

Clang!

The door was pushed open, and it was Huang, who walked in: "Yue, it’s me."

"Huang? How did you get here? I thought...aren’t you defending your thesis today?" Ding Yue, seeing that it was Huang Youjie, asked.

"I’ve completed my thesis defense, and I passed successfully." Huang Youjie, hands on his hips, proudly announced.

"Very well, once I return from Europe, I can personally hand you your graduation certificate."

Ding Yue excitedly reached out and patted Huang on the shoulder.

"About going to Europe, that’s why I came. Can I join you?" Huang, elated, raised an eyebrow at Ding Yue.

"Really, you want to go too?" Ding Yue furrowed his brows and asked.

"Of course, Bin is competing, and as a good friend, I need to personally cheer him on at the venue. Also, Yue, it won’t hurt to have me along as well, right." Huang stands tall, looking proud.

"True."

Ding Yue nodded.

Anyway, Huang had completed his thesis defense, and he momentarily doesn’t have any other important matters to attend to.

As for the logistics department, Huang’s secretarial assistant can handle everything.

Given the circumstances, it’s perfect that Ding Yue, Xu Bin, and Huang Youjie have not gone out together in a while. This time, they could all go to Zurich, Switzerland together and passionately cheer for Xu Bin and his team at the competition.

Ding Yue does not lack the budget to bring an additional person to Europe.

"Okay, I’ll get Wen Ruohan to buy your plane ticket and reserve your hotel room later. Booking an additional hotel room shouldn’t be a problem, but when it comes to the plane tickets, it’s possible that we might not get tickets on the same flight."

With a shrug, Ding Yue said to Huang.

"Not a big problem, eh? Secretary Wen isn’t here?" Only then does Huang look around in Yue’s office. Every time he visited in the past, Secretary Wen Ruohan would be there, but today, it’s just Yue and the robot Big White.

"She’s in a class." Ding Yue explained.

"Oh, Big White~" After seeing Big White, Huang Youjie couldn’t resist going forward and interacting with Big White, "By the way Yue, I heard that you’ve been focusing on developing a few key specialties recently, how come our law specialty isn’t included?"

"Ahem, Huang, do you seriously not have an idea whether your current law specialty is worthy of being a key feature of the school?"

Seeing Huang ask this, Ding Yue jokingly replied.

"Ha ha ha ha, right, there’s some logic to that!" Upon hearing that, Huang Youjie burst into laughter.

In comparison to the mechanical engineering specialty, computer science specialty, architecture specialty, medical specialty, and animation specialty, the law specialty is lagging behind in both scale and faculty strength.

The important thing is, the number of law students at Mist City Arts and Science University is much fewer compared to these other key development sectors.

Old Huang definitely understood this, he was just asking out of boredom.

Six in the evening.

After Wen Ruohan ended her class, Ding Yue immediately informed her to book a plane ticket and a hotel room for Huang.

"Principal Ding, is Director Huang also going to Europe with us?"

"Yes, he is."

"Okay, I understand. I’ll go book the tickets, our flight should still have seats, but...even if there are seats, they’ll be in economy class."

"Ha ha ha, then economy class it is!"

On hearing this, Huang’s face turned green.

You can’t be serious, you guys are in first class, and I’m in economy class...

I get it!

Love can disappear, right!

That night, Ding Yue packed his luggage.

Because they were going to Zurich, Switzerland to participate in the ACM International College Student Programming Competition this time, although the competition itself only lasts five hours, including the preparation time, arriving to Zurich in advance, time for sightseeing after the competition, or getting ready to return, it takes at least three days, plus the time to adjust to the time difference.

The next morning, Ding Yue, together with Huang, his secretary Wen Ruohan, Xu Bin, Chen Jun and Ouyang Chen, six people in total, arrived at Elegant Garden Apartment.

The school bus was parked downstairs, ready to take the six of them to the airport.

However, there’s more than just the school bus and the driver waiting for them downstairs. There’s a group of students as well.

The number wasn’t that large, around dozens, holding a banner - ["Wishing our Computer Science Team the best of luck in Europe, return victorious!"]

Are students seeing them off again?

Ding Yue couldn’t help but recall the time when the Mist City Arts and Science University’s mechanical and computer science specialties went to the National University Student Robot Contest and the National Science and Technology Innovation Exhibition. There were many teachers and students bidding farewell at the school gate.

This time, the crowd was evidently smaller, and the location wasn’t the school gate, but just downstairs of Elegant Garden Apartment.

"Yue, these are our Computer Science students." Xu Bin came to ding Yue’s side and explained it to him.

"Oh, I see!" Ding Yue muttered under his breath and then took a few steps forward and loudly said to the Computer Science students, "Students, when we win in Europe, we will bring back a something as a memento. It’s so early in the morning, you must be tired."

"Principal Ding, we are not tired."

"This ACM contest is an honor for our Computer Science specialty!"

"Go Chen Jun!"

"Director Xu, fight on!"

The students were full of passion.

Ding Yue felt happy. He waved his hands at these computer science students, then he said to the others, "Get in the van, let’s go!"

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